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In an unprecedented move to combat the digital divide in India, the state of Maharashtra has pioneered a partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink, a satellite-based internet service. The state government formalized this collaboration by signing a Letter of…
Using its strengths in marketplace, big data and logistics, Alibaba Group will help rural communities sell their products to cities dwellers so they can stock up on Spring Festival supplies and along the way help give rural economies a lift. At the same time,…
The Australian government is planning to impose a monthly levy on rival networks to the state-funded National Broadband Network (NBN) to help fund the roll out of the NBN to rural areas. Communications minister Mitch Fifield said the government will seek to…
The New Zealand government has allocated a further NZ$150 million ($107.1 million) towards improving broadband connectivity in rural areas. The government has announced the next phase of the rural broadband initiative (RBI), a project to boost broadband…
Thailand’s ICT ministry has finalized the terms of reference for a tender auction for a 15 billion baht ($433.1 million) national broadband project. The project’s procurement committee is preparing the auction process and expects to name the winner by…
